Anglo Saxon Poetry 1

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry

• allusion

• anachronism

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The term for a pause or a break in a line of poetry

• allusion

• anachronism

• caesura

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What literary device is being used in this phrase: "whale road"?

• alliteration

• personification

• kenning

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Alliteration is not an important element in Anglo-Saxon poetry.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Anglo-Saxon poetry reflected the use of both Christian and pagan theories.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

“Summer's sentinel” is an example of what kind of Anglo-Saxon lyric?

• caesura

• kenning

• scop

What does the author of “The Wanderer” seem to miss most?

• material possession

• adventure

• companionship

Exile can be caused by death of friends, lords, and loved ones in which poem...

• The Wife's Lament

• The Seafarer

• The Wanderer

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What major loss does the speaker in “The Wanderer” mourn?

• the loss of his ship

• the loss of his faith in man-kind

• the loss of his gold lord

The people in landlocked villages will never understand this speaker...

• The Seafarer

• The Wanderer

• The Wife's Lament